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Powerball · draw

Thursday, 4 October 2018

ResultPowerball

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 11
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 24
  6. 28
  7. 32
  8. 7

JackpotA$8,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018draw 25 of 443 under them

← 2018-09-27All recent draws2018-10-11 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 11 21 22 24 28 32 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd32th
  • low11th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours44th
  • spread61th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

34times
110times
212times
227times
24

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-04

  • Paid outA$6.8Mto 413k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$8.0M

Where the money went

  • 615%A$1.0M
  • 823%A$1.6M
  • 940%A$2.7M
  • 5 other tiers22%A$1.5M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 10A$8,000,000
  2. 2

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6times
284times
3210times
Stars · a separate 1-of-20 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

71time

Every number was expected about that many times after 24 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 7 numbers (22, 28, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 August 2018 — its closest relative in 24 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 September 2018): 21, 22 carried over. Chance says 82% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (5% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 126. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 77% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 5 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4
A$46,978
  • 316A$7,177
  • 4501A$417
  • 51,011A$155
  • 615,308A$66.15
  • 718,399A$43.10
  • 898,016A$16.00
  • 9279,696A$9.80
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$8,000,000
    24A$46,978
    316A$7,177
    4501A$417
    51,011A$155
    615,308A$66.15
    718,399A$43.10
    898,016A$16.00
    9279,696A$9.80